‘Delayed, not denied’: DK Shivakumar reflects on long wait as Karnataka’s next CM
As Congress prepares a new government in Karnataka, DK Shivakumar credits years of dedication and party trust for his elevation while cabinet talks continue in Delhi.
As Congress prepares a new government in Karnataka, DK Shivakumar credits years of dedication and party trust for his elevation while cabinet talks continue in Delhi.
With Karnataka set for a leadership transition on June 3, Chief Minister-designate D K Shivakumar and caretaker Chief Minister Siddaramaiah spent Monday in New Delhi engaged in crucial consultations with the Congress high command as the party moved to finalize the contours of a new government that could reshape the political balance within the state unit.
The Governor approved DK's claim and invited him to form the government.
As Karnataka prepares for a leadership transition, D.K. Shivakumar credited Siddaramaiah's decades of public service and said his guidance would continue to shape the state's future.
Top Congress leaders held a fresh round of consultations in Delhi as the party worked on cabinet formation, legislative appointments and the transition to a new Karnataka government.
Basavaraj Rayareddy, who had only recently got his boss Siddaramaiah embarrassed with ‘corruption’ charges against the government, is again the cause of another embarrassment, this time over Pahalgam and Pakistan.
The Pakistani media highlighting his statement that he did not want a war with Pakistan, contrary to the national mood to avenge a spate of terrorist attacks, sparked a controversy with the BJP launching a blistering attack against him.
Following the Pakistan media playing up the comments of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on not going to war with Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives, the Karnataka BJP has slammed the CM, saying that he is behaving like a puppet of the enemy nation.
The release of the Karnataka caste census has shifted the state’s political terrain, triggering reactions that stretch far beyond its borders.
Addressing a rally at Belagavi, Ashoka said that the chief minister was trying to turn Karnataka into a ‘mini-Pakistan’ to appease Muslims.
